Word vs Stand - What's the difference?

Word is a related term of stand.

As nouns the difference between word and stand

is that word is scripture; the bible while stand is stall, booth, bench, stand (place to sell items or make deals).

word

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) word, from (etyl) verb.

Noun

(en noun) {{examples-right, The word inventory may be pronounced with four syllables (/??n.v?n.t?.?i/) or only three (/?n?v?n.t?i/).

The word island'' is six letters long; the ''s'' has never been pronounced but was added under the influence of ''isle .

The word me signed in American Sign Language. }}

The smallest unit of language which has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language.

* 1986 , David Barrat, Media Sociology (ISBN 041505110X), page 112:

The word , whether written or spoken, does not look like or sound like its meaning — it does not resemble its signified. We only connect the two because we have learnt the code — language. Without such knowledge, 'Maggie' would just be a meaningless pattern of shapes or sounds.

* 2009 , Jack Fitzgerald, Viva La Evolucin (ISBN 055719833X), page 233:

Brian and Abby signed the word' ''clothing'', in which the thumbs brush down the chest as though something is hanging there. They both spoke the '''word''' ''clothing''. Brian then signed the '''word for ''change ,

# The smallest discrete unit of spoken language which has a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes.

#* 1894 , Alex. R. Mackwen, The Samaritan Passover'', in ''Littell's Living Age , series 6, volume 1:

Then all was silent save the voice of the high priest, whose words grew louder and louder,

# The smallest discrete unit of written language which has a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes.

#* , act 2, scene 2:

Polonius: What do you read, my lord?

Hamlet: Words', '''words''', ' words .

#* 2003 , Jan Furman, Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon: A Casebook (ISBN 0195146352), page 194:

The name was a confused gift of love from her father, who could not read the word but picked it out of the Bible for its visual shape,

#* 2009 , Stanislas Dehaene, Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read (ISBN 1101152400):

Well-meaning academics even introduced spelling absurdities such as the “s” in the word “island,” a misguided Renaissance attempt to restore the etymology of the [unrelated] Latin word insula .

# A discrete, meaningful unit of language which is approved by some authority.

#* 1896 , (Israel Zangwill), Without Prejudice , page 21:

“Ain’t! How often am I to tell you ain’t ain’t a word ?”

#* 1999 , Linda Greenlaw, The Hungry Ocean , Hyperion, page 11:

Fisherwoman isn’t even a word . It’s not in the dictionary.

# A sequence of letters or characters, or sounds, which (does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning, but which) is considered as a discrete entity.

#* 1974 , Thinking Goes to School: Piaget's Theory in Practice (ISBN 0199839077), page 183:

In still another variation, the nonsense word is presented and the teacher asks, "What sound was in the beginning of the word?" "In the middle?" and so on. The child should always respond with the phoneme; he should not use letter labels.

#* 2003 , How To Do Everything with Your Tablet PC (ISBN 0072227710), page 278:

I wrote a nonsense word , "umbalooie," in the Input Panel's Writing Pad. Input Panel converted it to "cembalos" and displayed it in the Text Preview pane.

#* 2006 , Scribal Habits and Theological Influences in the Apocalypse (ISBN 3161491122), page 141:

Here the scribe has dropped the ?? from ?????????, thereby creating the nonsense word ???????.

#* 2013 , The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language (ISBN 1317859979), page 91:

If M. V. has sustained impairment to a phonological output process common to reading and repetition, we might anticipate that her mispronunciations will partially reflect the underlying phonemic form of the nonsense word .

Something which is like such a unit of language:

# (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.

# (computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine (on many machines, 16 bits or two bytes).

# (computer science) A finite string which is not a command or operator.

# (group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.

The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action.

* 1811 , (Jane Austen), (Sense and Sensibility) :

she believed them still so very much attached to each other, that they could not be too sedulously divided in word and deed on every occasion.

* 2004 , Richard Williams, The Guardian , 8 Sep 2004:

As they fell apart against Austria, England badly needed someone capable of leading by word and example.

* 1611 , Bible , Authorized Version, (w) XXVI.75:

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

* (1809-1892)

She said; but at the happy word "he lives", / My father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound.

* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)

There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark.

* 1945 April 1, Sebastian Haffner, in The Observer :

"The Kaiser laid down his arms at a quarter to twelve. In me, however, they have an opponent who ceases fighting only at five minutes past twelve," said Hitler some time ago. He has never spoken a truer word .

* 2011 , (David Bellos), Is That a Fish in Your Ear? , Penguin 2012, page 126:

Despite appearances to the contrary [...] dragomans stuck rigidly to their brief, which was not to translate the Sultan's words, but his word .

A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).

* 1592 , William Shakespeare, :

Our ancient word of courage, fair Saint George, inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!

* 1647 (published), John Fletcher and William Rowley, (The Maid in the Mill) (published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio), scene 3:

I have the word : sentinel, do thou stand;

mum's the word

(lb) A proverb or motto.

* 1499 , (John Skelton), The Bowge of Court :

Among all other was wrytten in her trone / In golde letters, this worde , whiche I dyde rede: / Garder le fortune que est mauelz]] et [[bon, bone .

* 1599 , Ben Jonson, (Every Man out of His Humour) :

Let the word be 'Not without mustard'. Your crest is very rare, sir.

* 1646 , , The Balm of Gilead :

The old word is, 'What the eye views not, the heart rues not.'

Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals.

An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.

Don't fire till I give the word

Their mother's word was law.

A promise; an oath or guarantee.

A brief discussion or conversation.

(in the plural) Angry debate or conversation; argument.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , :

And that worde' was made flesshe, and dwelt amonge vs, and we sawe the glory off yt, as the glory off the only begotten sonne off the father, which ' worde was full of grace, and verite.

Usage notes

* (distinct unit of language) In English and other space-delimited languages, it is customary to treat "word" as referring to any sequence of characters delimited by spaces. However, this is not applicable to languages such as Chinese and Japanese, which are normally written without spaces, or to languages such as Vietnamese, which are written with a space between each syllable. * (computing) The size (length) of a word, while being fixed in a particular machine or processor family design, can be different in different designs, for many reasons. See for a full explanation.

Quotations

* 1897 , Ouida, The New Woman'', in ''An Altruist and Four Essays , page 239: *: But every word', whether written or spoken, which urges the woman to antagonism against the man, every ' word which is written or spoken to try and make of her a hybrid, self-contained opponent of men, makes a rift in the lute to which the world looks for its sweetest music. * 2011 , John Lehew (senior), The Encouragement of Peter (ISBN 1615074708), page 108: *: In what sense is God's Word living? No other word , whether written or spoken, has the power that the Bible has to change lives. *

Synonyms

* (distinct unit of language) vocable * (something promised) promise * (God) God, Logos * (Bible) word of God, Bible * See also

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).

I’m not sure how to word this letter to the council.

To flatter with words, to cajole.

* 1607 , William Shakespeare, Anthony and Cleopatra , act 5, scene 2:

He words' me, girls, he ' words me, that I should not / be noble to myself.

(lb) To ply or overpower with words.

* 1621 November 30, James Howell, letter to Francis Bacon, from Turin:

if one were to be worded to death, Italian is the fittest Language [for that task]

* 1829 April, Webster's Dictionary'', in ''The North American Review , volume 28, page 438:

if a man were to be worded to death, or stoned to death by words, the High-Dutch were the fittest [language for that task].

To conjure with a word.

* (Robert South), Sermon on Psalm XXXIX. 9 :

Against him who could word' heaven and earth out of nothing, and can when he pleases ' word them into nothing again.

* 1994 , Liminal Postmodernisms''/''Postmodern Studies , volume 8, page 162:

"Postcolonialism" might well be another linguistic construct, desperately begging for a referent that will never show up, simply because it never existed on its own and was literally worded into existence by the very term that pretends to be born from it.

* 2013 , Carla Mae Streeter, Foundations of Spirituality: The Human and the Holy (ISBN 0814680712), page 92:

The being of each person is worded into existence in the Word,

To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.

* 1818 , John Keats, Hyperion :

Thus wording timidly among the fierce: / 'O Father, I am here the simplest voice, [...]'

Synonyms

* (say or write using particular words) express, phrase, put into words, state

Interjection

(en interjection)

(slang, AAVE) truth, indeed, to tell or speak the truth; the shortened form of the statement, "My word is my bond," an expression eventually shortened to "Word is bond," before it finally got cut to just "Word," which is its most commonly used form.

* "Yo, that movie was epic!" / "Word'?" ("You speak the truth?") / "' Word ." ("I speak the truth.")

(slang, emphatic, stereotypically, AAVE) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.

* 2004 , Shannon Holmes, Never Go Home Again: A Novel , page 218

" Know what I'm sayin'?" / "Word !" the other man strongly agreed. "Let's do this — "

* 2007 , Gabe Rotter, Duck Duck Wally: A Novel , page 105

* 2007 , Relentless Aaron The Last Kingpin , page 34

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Quotations

* (English Citations of "word")

Etymology 2

Variant of .

Verb

(head)

(to become).

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stand

English

Verb

(lb) To or be positioned physically.

#(lb) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,

#(lb) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.

# To remain motionless.

#*Bible, (w) ii, 9

#*:The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

#*, chapter=23

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}

#*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

#(lb) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.

#*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect.

#*:He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom.

#(lb) To place in an upright or standing position.

#(lb) To occupy or hold a place; to be situated or located.

#(lb) To measure when erect on the feet.

#* (1809-1892)

#*:Six feet two, as I think, he stands .

(lb) To or be positioned mentally.

# To be positioned to gain or lose.

# To tolerate.

#*, chapter=7

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand' that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't ' stand is to have them togs called a livery.

#(lb) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.

#*Spectator

#*:readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall

#(lb) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.

#*Bible, (w) viii. 11

#*:The king granted the Jewsto gather themselves together, and to stand for their life.

#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

#*:the standing pattern of their imitation

# To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.

#*Bible, (w) ix. 10

#*:sacrificeswhich stood only in meats and drinks

#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

#*:Accomplish what your signs foreshow; / I stand resigned, and am prepared to go.

#*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

#*:Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry.

(lb) To or be positioned socially.

# To act as an umpire.

#(lb) To undergo; withstand; hold up.

#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

#*:Love stood the siege.

#*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

#*:Bid him disband his legions,/ And stand the judgment of a Roman senate.

#*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

#*:He stood the furious foe.

# To seek election.

#*(Izaak Walton) (c.1594-1683)

#*:He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university.

#(lb) To be valid.

#(lb) To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.

#*1957 , (Matt Christopher), Basketball Sparkplug , Ch.7:

#*:"Kim, Jack, and I will stand you guys," Jimmie Burdette said. ¶ "We'll smear you!" laughed Ron.

#* R. J. Childerhose, Hockey Fever in Goganne Falls , p.95:

#*:The game stopped while sides were sorted out. Andy did the sorting. "Okay," he said. "Jimmy is coming out. He and Gaston and Ike and me will stand you guys."

#*1978 , (Louis Sachar), Sideways Stories from Wayside School , Ch.21:

#*:"Hey, Louis," Dameon shouted. "Do you want to play kickball?" ¶ ""All right," said Louis. "Ron and I will both play."¶ "Ron and I will stand everybody!" Louis announced.

#To cover the expense of; to pay for.

#:(Thackeray)

#(lb) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.

#(lb) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.

#*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)

#*:Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing / But what may stand with honour.

#(lb) To appear in court.

#:(Burrill)

Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).

*1630 , John Smith, True Travels , in Kupperman 1988, p.40:

*:To repaire his defects, hee stood for the coast of Calabria, but hearing there was six or seven Galleyes at Mesina hee departed thence for Malta.

(lb) To remain without ruin or injury.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:My mind on its own centre stands unmoved.

*(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)

*:The ruin'd wall / Stands when its wind-worn battlements are gone.

(lb) To stop asking for more cards.

Usage notes

* In older works, standen is found as a past participle of this verb; it is now archaic. * (tolerate) This is almost always found in a negative form such as can’t stand', or ' No-one can stand… In this sense it is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (term) or infinitive . See .

Derived terms

* bestand * offstand * a leg to stand on * stand alone/stand-alone * stand aside * stand and deliver * stand back * stand by * stand corrected * stand down * stand easy * stand firm * stand for * stand from under * stand guard * stand off/stand-off * stand on * stand on ceremony * stand out * stand over * stand-in * stand in for * * stand on end * * stand pat * stand still * stand tall * stand to reason * stand watch * stand up/stand-up/standup * understand * upstand

Noun

(en noun)

The act of standing.

*Spectator

*:I took my stand upon an eminenceto look into their several ladings.

A defensive position or effort. (rfex)

A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.

A period of performance in a given location or venue.

A device to hold something upright or aloft.

*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand , and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.

A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.

(lb) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.

A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.

*1625 , (Francis Bacon), “Of Truth”, Essays

*:One of the later school of the Grecians, examineth the matter, and is at a stand , to think what should be in it, that men should love lies; where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie’s sake.

*1819 , (Lord Byron), , I.168:

*:Antonia's patience now was at a stand — / "Come, come, 't is no time now for fooling there," / She whispered

A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.

A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.

:(ux)

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:I have found you out a stand most fit, / Where you may have such vantage on the duke, / He shall not pass you.

The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.

(lb) grandstand (often in plural)

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 11, author=Rory Houston, work=RTE Sport

, title= Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland , passage=The end of the opening period was relatively quite [sic] as Vassiljev's desperate shot from well outside the penalty area flew into the stand housing the Irish supporters and then Ward's ctoss [sic] was gathered by goalkeeper Pareiko.}}

(lb) A partnership.

*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 21, author=Tom Fordyce, work=BBC Sport

, title= England v West Indies: Hosts cruise home in Lord's Test , passage=England wrapped up a five-wicket victory in the first Test as a stand of 132 between Alastair Cook and Ian Bell saw off an early West Indies charge.}}

A single set, as of arms.

*1927 , Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld , Paragon House (1990), ISBN 1-55778-348-9, p.170:

*:The police and troops captured eleven thousand stand of arms, including muskets and pistols, together with several thousand bludgeons and other weapons.

(lb) Rank; post; station; standing.

*(Samuel Daniel) (1562-1619)

*:Father, since your fortune did attain / So high a stand , I mean not to descend.

(lb) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.

A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.

(lb) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.

(Webster 1913)

Derived terms

(Terms derived from the noun "stand") * at a stand * bandstand * bicycle stand * blow this pop stand * clamp stand * coat stand * concessions stand * cruet stand * dish stand * grandstand * home stand * kickstand * music stand * one-night stand * outstanding * retort stand * ring stand * Sheffield stand * stable stand * standout * standpoint * standstill * take a firm stand * take a stand * take the stand * taxi stand * track stand * umbrella stand * upstanding * witness stand

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